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remember, president assad went to medical school. he is qualified as a doctor and also then he later qualified as an on tommologyist -- ophthalmologist, he wad ask the become the hippocratic homecoming that doctors take to do no harm to patients, to do no harm to any human. this is his interesting response to that question. >> doctors take the right decision to protect the life of the patient, so you cannot say they don't do harm physically because sometime they have to extract the member that could kill the patient. you can extract eyes or legs led so on, but you don't say, doctors, it's still a humanitarian job, whatever they do. the same for politician but larger scale. >> so what president assad appeared to be saying is that doctors sometimes have to cut out a cancer, and as he has said many times before, trace, he believes that this civil war is driven purely by terrorist, most of them from foreign countries, and clearly believes the rebels are a cancer among syrian society. he believes, and he said repeatedly in that interview,
remember, president assad went to medical school. he is qualified as a doctor and also then he later qualified as an on tommologyist -- ophthalmologist, he wad ask the become the hippocratic homecoming that doctors take to do no harm to patients, to do no harm to any human. this is his interesting response to that question. >> doctors take the right decision to protect the life of the patient, so you cannot say they don't do harm physically because sometime they have to extract the member...
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the big question is, will president assad stay and fight? will he seek asylum? >>jonathan: the turks and russians, they are saying they are working on what they call "new ideas to bring an end to the ongoing 20--month-old civil war." they have nut given any ideas or details what those ideas might be but it will revolve around whether president assad has decided he going to live and die in syria and die most likely at the hands of the rebels or whether he can be persuaded to say asylum but that has the u.n. secretary-general having misgivings giving a man who has murdered 40,000 of his own people to give him retirement in a safe and friendly country. >> the united nations must not allow any impunity after gross violation of human rights. he must be held accountable and brought to justice>>jonathan: tf the argument is that any kind of solution that would persuade assad to stand down and end the slaughter of all of those syrian civilians might, actually, be worth considering. >>trace: what do we know of the reports that rebels are trying to get their act together i
the big question is, will president assad stay and fight? will he seek asylum? >>jonathan: the turks and russians, they are saying they are working on what they call "new ideas to bring an end to the ongoing 20--month-old civil war." they have nut given any ideas or details what those ideas might be but it will revolve around whether president assad has decided he going to live and die in syria and die most likely at the hands of the rebels or whether he can be persuaded to say...
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resolutions condemning president assad, who continues his crackdown. the tough talk has not scared the russians. they came back saying that secretary clinton's comments were incorrect. the question is does this new tactic work? is the united states, europe and other nations able to convince russia and china to abandon assad and put resolutions through the u.n. security council to provide sanctions and put teeth to this and penalize assad in a real way for killing his own people. >> what about this syrian general defecting? how big of a deal is this? >> this is what you might call the first break in the proverbial ban. this guy was a close friend of president assad. a number of pictures of the two of them together. he was a commander in the very elite republican guard, so this is the first time we've had any close to president assad turn on. on the other hand he didn't bring any troops with him and it shows ow disorganized the rebels are. he went to turkey but he's not commanding any forces. so you have a situation where people can defect but still out
resolutions condemning president assad, who continues his crackdown. the tough talk has not scared the russians. they came back saying that secretary clinton's comments were incorrect. the question is does this new tactic work? is the united states, europe and other nations able to convince russia and china to abandon assad and put resolutions through the u.n. security council to provide sanctions and put teeth to this and penalize assad in a real way for killing his own people. >> what...
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officials said been communicating with syria's bashar al-assad regime for years. the obama administration attempting to get bashar al-assad to step down, trying to find cracks in his regime and offering incentives for leaders to abandon him. u.s. officials described communicating with syria as sporadic, officials spoke directly to one another and editors send messages through intermediaries which is russia and iran. fox news is learning the secret contacts might have hampered the efforts to get bashar al-assad out and detracted from the fight against isis. lea: hillary clinton turning donald trump's talks to her advantage with the use of a vulgarity about her loss to president obama in 2008. the new york times writing mrs. clinton's age could barely believe their good fortune, he gave the new fighter to galvanize women behind her candidacy and they use it. gop strategist and president of consulting and harlem hill, democratic strategist and political consultant, you agree this helps hillary clinton. >> it does help hillary because she can bring up the war on women
officials said been communicating with syria's bashar al-assad regime for years. the obama administration attempting to get bashar al-assad to step down, trying to find cracks in his regime and offering incentives for leaders to abandon him. u.s. officials described communicating with syria as sporadic, officials spoke directly to one another and editors send messages through intermediaries which is russia and iran. fox news is learning the secret contacts might have hampered the efforts to get...
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they tried to convince bashar al- assad to step down. kevin has more. >> reporter: good day to you, jon. we have seen it play out before in conversation cans with cuba and maybe in a smaller way with iran. we are talking about back channel communication. there is a interesting report in the wall street journal that detailed secret communication. and help them not only in the bloody civil war but to usher him out of pour in an organized fashion that help the syrian people. this is part of the article in the junior willal and they wanted to look for cracks in the regime that would incent voice people to abandon assad. he used barrel bombs and the journal reports that the communications date back to 2011. and they are talking about small discreet issues and the messages were consistent and limited. they used russian and iranian intermediaries. one of them is a u.n. official. samantha power, it was reported she was one would warn the syrians if there were american forces in an area. that is the sort of responsible communication to make sure
they tried to convince bashar al- assad to step down. kevin has more. >> reporter: good day to you, jon. we have seen it play out before in conversation cans with cuba and maybe in a smaller way with iran. we are talking about back channel communication. there is a interesting report in the wall street journal that detailed secret communication. and help them not only in the bloody civil war but to usher him out of pour in an organized fashion that help the syrian people. this is part of...
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oh, my god, assad he's white isis. donald trump is white isis. wisis. heather: president trump and his white house staff are skipping the festivities this year, attendees poking hundred at the sitting commander in chief. that really wasn't funny. president obama's adviser finding in hot water with taxpayer money, valerie jar red thought she deserves $30,000 to speak at a public university that's going broke. she eventually agree today waive the speed to deliver commencement at north eastern illinois in chicago and instead a private donor is shelling out the money. 30,000. jackie: for people in some parts of the country need umbrella today. good morning, adam. adam: average seasonal high close to 60-degrees, we are almost there this morning. you're looking at a good amount of warm air. close to 50-degrees in kansas city. that's running up the east coast, eventually we will see showers running from dc to new york and boston. not a huge wash-out for the day but morning commute, mid-morning likely we see rain activity. it's not the only spot we are seeing s
oh, my god, assad he's white isis. donald trump is white isis. wisis. heather: president trump and his white house staff are skipping the festivities this year, attendees poking hundred at the sitting commander in chief. that really wasn't funny. president obama's adviser finding in hot water with taxpayer money, valerie jar red thought she deserves $30,000 to speak at a public university that's going broke. she eventually agree today waive the speed to deliver commencement at north eastern...
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that the assad regime has agreed to make its decoration within one week of the location. >> who are the winners? >> president obama painted into a corner looking for a way out. they may have accidentally found an out. bashar al-assad will be turning over weapons in a slow process that may be impossible to fully enforce and he bought his regime a lot of time. vladmir putin who emerges as a bigger player and may become a alreadying larger thorn in the side of the united states particularly when it came to iran. >> it gave russia a position in the middle east they haven't had since the 1970s. we are depending on the goodwill of the russian government. i am a firm belief given his record that is a very, very big gamble. >> the users may be counting on the u.s. military strike to waugs you will goed ra -- to weaken the regime. >>> president obama planning to respond by claiming we have seen an economic turn around. lauren simonetti from the fox business network joins us on this story and other top business news. >> lehman brothers went belly up five years ago yesterday and took much of t
that the assad regime has agreed to make its decoration within one week of the location. >> who are the winners? >> president obama painted into a corner looking for a way out. they may have accidentally found an out. bashar al-assad will be turning over weapons in a slow process that may be impossible to fully enforce and he bought his regime a lot of time. vladmir putin who emerges as a bigger player and may become a alreadying larger thorn in the side of the united states...
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>> tell that to assad. once putin swept in and took over foreign policy and said oh, no, he'll get rid of nuclear options, military acwas off the table. we handcuffed ourselves hoping he would get rid of chemical weapons. we found 4% have been removed. he's eight weeks behind the time line. we say military option on the table. maybe. it ought be. we walked ourselves a long way back. assad has been able to consolidate power in the meantime, legitimacy in the international community. you know who pays the most attention? iran. supporting that regime and buying time towards their pursuit of a nuclear weapon. >> pete with the analysis on what could be a debacle in syria. thanks, pete. >> thanks, gretchen. >> a miracle in syria captured on tape. 14-month-old girl pulled alive from a pile of rubble after surviving an airstrike near her home in aleppo. these men began digging after hearing her crowds. crowds cheered later when they reached her and lifted her from the debris. look at that. activists saying she was
>> tell that to assad. once putin swept in and took over foreign policy and said oh, no, he'll get rid of nuclear options, military acwas off the table. we handcuffed ourselves hoping he would get rid of chemical weapons. we found 4% have been removed. he's eight weeks behind the time line. we say military option on the table. maybe. it ought be. we walked ourselves a long way back. assad has been able to consolidate power in the meantime, legitimacy in the international community. you...
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assad is a close iranian ally. and it's because of iran and hezbollah support of assad that he's still in power. the president has shown deep reluctance since the beginning of this syrian crisis in 2011 to confront assad, to confront iran and to confront hezbollah. he still holds out hope of an iranian nuclear deal and as a result, he's done nothing to actually stem the tide of bloodshed and this onslaught that assad has launched against husband -- his own people. >> but critics are looking at obama and saying why? i'm not sure you can answer that. >> the president has said the tide of war is receding, that al qaeda was on the run. he called the islamic state a junior varsity team. the president unfortunately when it comes to syria has gotten it consistently wrong and that's not just my opinion as you alluded to. that's the opinion of leon panetta and hillary clinton and many former officials of the obama administration who believe that the president's syria policy has been one of neglect and that ultimately it has
assad is a close iranian ally. and it's because of iran and hezbollah support of assad that he's still in power. the president has shown deep reluctance since the beginning of this syrian crisis in 2011 to confront assad, to confront iran and to confront hezbollah. he still holds out hope of an iranian nuclear deal and as a result, he's done nothing to actually stem the tide of bloodshed and this onslaught that assad has launched against husband -- his own people. >> but critics are...
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as for syria, a senior official here told us that assad's command systems would be at risk if he restricts the u.s. from going after isis in this country, a clear sign a bigger showdown may be coming. >>> now let's turn to senior political analyst pretty hume for more insight on the semantics of war. >> hi, brett. if you're having a hard time believing in president obama's plan for the defeat of the so-called islamic state. don't feel bad, there's not much evidence he believes in it either. before the video services the beheading of those two cap ty americans, the president seemed coff content to deploy u.s. airpower in the fight against isis in iraq. mr. obama's pentagon chief was talking about isis being a terror organization, such as we have never before seen and one whose defeat would require it attacking its base in syria. but the president was only talking about reducing isis to a manageable threat. partly because president obama believes hiss job is to end wars and does not want to be seen as starting a new one. but partly because in his bones, he believes that american military int
as for syria, a senior official here told us that assad's command systems would be at risk if he restricts the u.s. from going after isis in this country, a clear sign a bigger showdown may be coming. >>> now let's turn to senior political analyst pretty hume for more insight on the semantics of war. >> hi, brett. if you're having a hard time believing in president obama's plan for the defeat of the so-called islamic state. don't feel bad, there's not much evidence he believes in...
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that is why they believe assad's regime could have been actually behind the blasts. listen. >> this has all the finger prints of a regime trying to continue to control the message that they are the ones that are responding to terrorists and at the end of the day they are trying to say, well, if we lose assad we will end up with al qaeda and they are just creating fabrications. >>jonathan: that narrative is one that the regime has been pushing. this is all about terrorism, not democracy. >>gregg: what is the reaction from american officials? >>jonathan: the state department spokesman issued a statement today condemning the violence, not pointing fingers at anybody in particular and saying it is crucial that the attack today not impede the critical work of the arab league monitoring mission to document and deter human rights abuses with the goal of protecting civilians. so, some fairly strong words condemning the attack but many of the activists that you just heard from think the u.s. should be doing a lot more to bring about the fall of the regime of president assad g
that is why they believe assad's regime could have been actually behind the blasts. listen. >> this has all the finger prints of a regime trying to continue to control the message that they are the ones that are responding to terrorists and at the end of the day they are trying to say, well, if we lose assad we will end up with al qaeda and they are just creating fabrications. >>jonathan: that narrative is one that the regime has been pushing. this is all about terrorism, not...
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you talk at this, going to make it worse for assad. after the president announced his decision, officials in damascus were saying that the president had flinched, made a joke at the american administration. a newspaper on the streets of damascus today calls this quote, the start of the historic american retreat. haven't you handed syria and iran, at least a temporary victory, sir? >> i don't believe so at all. and that is in the hands of the congress and the united states. the president has made his decision. the president wants to stand up and make certain that we uphold the international norm that we do not grant impunity to a ruthless dictator to gas his own people. anybody who saw those images, anybody who know focuses on the evidence i just gave you of signatures of sarin. people who went to help died in this case. this is a man who has committed a crime against humanity and i can't imagine that the congress of the united states will not recognize our interests with respect to iran, israel, jordan, turkey, our friends in the regio
you talk at this, going to make it worse for assad. after the president announced his decision, officials in damascus were saying that the president had flinched, made a joke at the american administration. a newspaper on the streets of damascus today calls this quote, the start of the historic american retreat. haven't you handed syria and iran, at least a temporary victory, sir? >> i don't believe so at all. and that is in the hands of the congress and the united states. the president...
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president obama said assad must go and my red line is this. they moved the chemical weapons around, use them, that's it. he made these ultimatums and had nothing to back it up. assad said i'm not going. there is confusion about who used the chemical weapons. it's now the finger of suspicion pointed at i assad's army at least. he does nothing and frankly the russians bailed him out. >> did you see what former secretary of defense panetta and gates said? >> they were tough on him. secretary panetta said if uh i don't draw a red line you have to do something about it. simply uh because president obama drew a red line in the sand on syria doesn't mean the congress of the united states should authorize the a war on syria. maybe h he ought to stand down. george bush said the world's worst dictators aren't getting the world's worst weapons. what about north korea? >> when obama ran for president he drew 90,000. now even angela merkel won't stand behind us. that's another one. >> we ought to stand up for ourselves. tell the germans we have 25,000, 50,
president obama said assad must go and my red line is this. they moved the chemical weapons around, use them, that's it. he made these ultimatums and had nothing to back it up. assad said i'm not going. there is confusion about who used the chemical weapons. it's now the finger of suspicion pointed at i assad's army at least. he does nothing and frankly the russians bailed him out. >> did you see what former secretary of defense panetta and gates said? >> they were tough on him....
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he wants isis to destabilize assad so assad will fall, at the same time trying to do things to destroy isis so it doesn't get out of control. you have to figure out what to do first, what the objectives are and he's not willing. >> do you think he was trying to bide time and see what happens between assad's people and isis before the u.s. did anything significant? >> megyn, we are not the junior varsity. >> we're now junior varsity? >> yes. he hopes he can still talk down with vladamir putin and figure this out. we're being played. >> that's depressing. so there was a junior varsity all along, just wasn't isis. >>> senator marco rubio got a lot of attention after suggesting the united states and russia may be headed for another cold war. he'll join us next on that and talk about how the islamic state is preparing for something called "end times." >>> some media outlets have launched a full offensive on carly fiorina. wait till you see what just aired a short time ago. we'll speak with her about that and one report in particular that goes to the heart of her reputation. >> politics is s
he wants isis to destabilize assad so assad will fall, at the same time trying to do things to destroy isis so it doesn't get out of control. you have to figure out what to do first, what the objectives are and he's not willing. >> do you think he was trying to bide time and see what happens between assad's people and isis before the u.s. did anything significant? >> megyn, we are not the junior varsity. >> we're now junior varsity? >> yes. he hopes he can still talk...
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will president trump take military action against assad in syria? >> assad is a bad guy. he did it, no doubt in my mind. i don't think the syrians, you know, bombed themselves. i don't think they poured gas on their own kids. this regime has a history of doing it. >> bill: now the president weighing a strong response after the gas attack that killed dozens of civilians near damascus. adam joins us next with his reaction. dash cam video of road rage you seldom see like that. police calling on the public to help find that driver. that's coming up. i go home, and i repeat. my career is moving forward, but my student loans are going nowhere. it'll take me 20 years to pay them off, but i finally found a way to pay them off sooner, and save money by refinancing with sofi. sofi has helped over 200,000 people get ahead of their debt, and they can help you move forward too. see how much you can save in just two minutes at sofi.com/sooner kelp is on the way! with herbal essences bio:renew made with active antioxidants that work from the inside out... to help animate lifeless hair.
will president trump take military action against assad in syria? >> assad is a bad guy. he did it, no doubt in my mind. i don't think the syrians, you know, bombed themselves. i don't think they poured gas on their own kids. this regime has a history of doing it. >> bill: now the president weighing a strong response after the gas attack that killed dozens of civilians near damascus. adam joins us next with his reaction. dash cam video of road rage you seldom see like that. police...
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a spokesman for the assad regime says president assad will never leave syria nor will he ever use chemical weapons. they deny even having them. intelligence reports suggests otherwise. this bloody conflict, jon, seems to be entering a new phase where we don't really know what will happen. jon: ominous developments there. conor powell, thank you. jenna: well, it was a storm for the record books. superstorm sandy devastating parts of the east coast. it may have been just a category 1 hurricane, just a category 1 but remember, remember this warning from our very own janice dean? >> a million people could be affected by this storm. so people like, oh, it is a northeast storm. only a category 1. what is the big deal? no, this is an impressive storm. this is not just a tropical system as jenna mentioned. we have basically a hurricane inside a giant nor'easter for the record books. the lowest pressure on record at this latitude. so that is impressive. what pressure means, the lower it goes, the stronger the storm that we are dealing with. jenna: if you remember this but at that time when janice w
a spokesman for the assad regime says president assad will never leave syria nor will he ever use chemical weapons. they deny even having them. intelligence reports suggests otherwise. this bloody conflict, jon, seems to be entering a new phase where we don't really know what will happen. jon: ominous developments there. conor powell, thank you. jenna: well, it was a storm for the record books. superstorm sandy devastating parts of the east coast. it may have been just a category 1 hurricane,...
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do not intervene in the uprising against president assad's rule, but as new and deadly violence raged today in syria, lawmakers at home argue the u.s. is not doing enough to stop the bloodshed. >> my question is to the secretary of state and to the the president of the united states, how many more have to die before we take action to help these people? >> tonight, president assad's new accusations against america as the crisis escalates. >> and you could be hours away from losing the internet. the fbi leading the charge to get you to take action on your computer before midnight. >> also, we might not be able to get there yet, but nasa says here is the next best thing. the most spectacular pictures of mars ever taken. >> i'm harris falkner, we begin tonight with new reaction to the nation's latest jobless numbers, friending president obama's recovery efforts after the labor department's latest jobs report and 80,000 jobs last month. 10,000 fewer than expected and the unemployment rate stuck at 8.2%. on fox news sunday, a bit after battle, democratic congresswoman debby wasserman schult
do not intervene in the uprising against president assad's rule, but as new and deadly violence raged today in syria, lawmakers at home argue the u.s. is not doing enough to stop the bloodshed. >> my question is to the secretary of state and to the the president of the united states, how many more have to die before we take action to help these people? >> tonight, president assad's new accusations against america as the crisis escalates. >> and you could be hours away from...
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saying we may go forward without assad. >> assad has got to be sweating bullets right now, don't you think. >> it's complicated sort is of decision the president has to make. a lot of americans are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. they demand that he should be clear and honest and consistent. the president of the united states said i will not put troops on the ground in syria. that is clear, that is sweeping. we had grounds on the troop in syria. when he asked did you break your promise the only answer is yes. it's not to wiggle away and spin it around some more. it's the dishonesty of this that gets me. >> about three weeks ago the president sent a letter to congress saying he is send ising a problems approximately 90 troops to kamaroon to fight boca are a hand. he said these forces are equipped with weapons, that's a start, for the purpose of providing their own force protection and security. it is really hilarious to watch the semantic summer sawlts. they will not be on the front lines as though there are lines like trench in world war i. it's a fluid situation. not b
saying we may go forward without assad. >> assad has got to be sweating bullets right now, don't you think. >> it's complicated sort is of decision the president has to make. a lot of americans are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. they demand that he should be clear and honest and consistent. the president of the united states said i will not put troops on the ground in syria. that is clear, that is sweeping. we had grounds on the troop in syria. when he asked did you...
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there's now confusion has to whether assad might even have an out. what do you think? >> look, neil, there's some videos out there that people put out kind of indicating -- trying to show that it was the resistance that did this stuff, and deception is the backbone of the russian intelligence services over there, so in terms of videos, anybody could have made them to show anything they wanted to. i think a lot of videos put an element of doubt in people's minds and if that's president's brother, great, let's take him out. we need to do something. i just came back from the middle east last week. our credibility -- america's credibility and this president's credibility in the middle east is zero. not close to zero. it is absolutely zero, and as we dither around on this, particularly when he drew the reed line, probably withoutughte ramifications, he drew that red line. the red line has been crossed as least once, maybe two or three times, and here we are, the world watching, about to do maybe nothing. >> neil: you think when he made that report he really thought that not
there's now confusion has to whether assad might even have an out. what do you think? >> look, neil, there's some videos out there that people put out kind of indicating -- trying to show that it was the resistance that did this stuff, and deception is the backbone of the russian intelligence services over there, so in terms of videos, anybody could have made them to show anything they wanted to. i think a lot of videos put an element of doubt in people's minds and if that's president's...
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it can only prevent assad from losing. if this now gets to the point where the civil war actually accelerates, all of the outside patrons are going to throw in more and more weaponry against russia. russia will be left propping up assad in every smaller piece of syria. >> i understand that. what is plan b. give me the elements of plan b, so, two things, again, the consequences, i think, to russia, as well as to the regime will begin to be felt as a result of plan a. not being implemented because of russia's actions. second, as i i president has asked all of the agencies to put forward options, some familiar, some new, that we are very actively reviewing. when we are able to work through these, in the days ahead, we'll have an opportunity to come back and talk about them in detail. but we are in the process of doing that. >> okay. so let me just say what we already know. there is no plan b. [ laughter ] >> mr. ambassador, your thoughts? >> i think senator corker is guilty of war crimes of intentionally humiliating and shami
it can only prevent assad from losing. if this now gets to the point where the civil war actually accelerates, all of the outside patrons are going to throw in more and more weaponry against russia. russia will be left propping up assad in every smaller piece of syria. >> i understand that. what is plan b. give me the elements of plan b, so, two things, again, the consequences, i think, to russia, as well as to the regime will begin to be felt as a result of plan a. not being implemented...
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and others to syrian rebels to tried to topple assad. john mccain says no consequence for assad using chemical weapons and crossing red line. we shouldn't be surprised he's using them again. white house officials stress there's been no bigger offer of humanitarian aid in the wake of the syrian conflict but after what the president said one year ago, there's not been u.s. military action to back up his words. >> shepard: let's bring in a state department spokeswoman. great to see you, jen. >> great to be here. it's been too long. >> how important in your line of work and at the state department and beyond is credibility among our leaders? >> very important. >> shepard: what happens when our leaders say something like a red line is crossed and that will be a game-changer. yet the red line was established at crossed by you from that building in june and now it appears at least on the early thinking it's been crossed again. the united states has effectively done nothing. what does that do to our credibility? >> let's be clear on the events.
and others to syrian rebels to tried to topple assad. john mccain says no consequence for assad using chemical weapons and crossing red line. we shouldn't be surprised he's using them again. white house officials stress there's been no bigger offer of humanitarian aid in the wake of the syrian conflict but after what the president said one year ago, there's not been u.s. military action to back up his words. >> shepard: let's bring in a state department spokeswoman. great to see you, jen....
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putin has never given up his support of the assad government and he sees anything short of assad remaining in power to manage that transition as a potential for syria to fall into another libya, which is total anarchy. >> from a military perspective, captain nash, why is it important for the u.s. to maintain a strong and powerful position in this equation? >> because in the end, this is about stability in the region. and the united states has had a very strong position in all of the middle east and southwest asia for the last 35 years. and in the last five or six years, that strong position -- the strong horse now is russia. they've moved back into places where we were dominant, not as an imperial power but which relationships and personal and professional relationships between our military and intelligence organizations and we had a very nice foothold and nice relationship. the russians have now come in and are supplanting us at an alarmingly quick rate. >> assad was quoting saying this, he describes moscow aegs entry into the conflict as quote the writing of new history for syria, which
putin has never given up his support of the assad government and he sees anything short of assad remaining in power to manage that transition as a potential for syria to fall into another libya, which is total anarchy. >> from a military perspective, captain nash, why is it important for the u.s. to maintain a strong and powerful position in this equation? >> because in the end, this is about stability in the region. and the united states has had a very strong position in all of the...
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the president succeeded in weakening the assad administration, look, assad is a monster. if they weakened him and the result had been al qaeda or al nusra terrorists taking control, seizing chemical weapons, that would have under mined u.s. national security rather than advancing it. >> what do you make of oh research that 70% of tea party conservatives aren't happy with the leadership in congress and i think this probably got worse when eric cantor proposed the one vote that would fund and defund obamacare and the funding one would go forward. people are are angry about that. >> well, people are frustrated with politicians in washington who frankly aren't listening to the american people. we are in the middle of the most important domestic fight in years. that is the fight to defund obamacare between now and september 30th. last time i was on the show, sean, i talked about the national website don'tfundit.com. within 24 hours of going on "hannity" we had over 100,000 additional people go to sign the national petition. we are nearly at 1.3 million now. listen, if we are c
the president succeeded in weakening the assad administration, look, assad is a monster. if they weakened him and the result had been al qaeda or al nusra terrorists taking control, seizing chemical weapons, that would have under mined u.s. national security rather than advancing it. >> what do you make of oh research that 70% of tea party conservatives aren't happy with the leadership in congress and i think this probably got worse when eric cantor proposed the one vote that would fund...
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heidi heitkamp went so far as to say -- we're not trusting assad. we're trusting the russians. >> reporter: he will now sign the chemical weapons convention. while russia initially called for an urgent united nation's council meeting this afternoon they pulled back on that, raising questions about whether putin stringing things along. it was noted it would take a monumental effort to try to take ahold of assad's weapons in the middle of a civil war even if russia is for real. if you think russia vetoed press releases just condemning the release of chemical weapons period are living a huge, boy, we woke up and don't want chemical weapons with our ally assad, i think we're fooling ourselves. >> it's not enough just to trust. i think we're going to have to verify. >> now, putin added some bluster today by declaring the chemical weapons inspections can only commend if the president takes military action off the table. in the last few moenlts secretary of state john kemccai has tweeted out that's unacceptable. so the bottom line, this could be yet anothe
heidi heitkamp went so far as to say -- we're not trusting assad. we're trusting the russians. >> reporter: he will now sign the chemical weapons convention. while russia initially called for an urgent united nation's council meeting this afternoon they pulled back on that, raising questions about whether putin stringing things along. it was noted it would take a monumental effort to try to take ahold of assad's weapons in the middle of a civil war even if russia is for real. if you think...
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assad is almost a client of russia. russia has it's naval base in syria and so russians have been bad players and visit towing everything. so we can't get everything into the united nations. we'll have a lot of countries, france of course agree, turkey. the president is putting together a coalition of countries that support us. but we have the where with all to do it. other countries don't have the firepower we have. >> will the president's own congress agree with him to do it? >> that's a question. i hope so. i think it would be a shame. i do agree with the quote, i think it's clear to me that assad is iran's proxy in the region, that assad was losing the civil war until the terror organization marched into syria and turned the tide. we can sit back and do nothing, allow people to be gassed. the iranians are watching us. they will see what we're doing. when we say to iran we won't allow you to have a new clear weapon, iran will believe us or not based on what we do in syria. >> the video of the children being gassed is
assad is almost a client of russia. russia has it's naval base in syria and so russians have been bad players and visit towing everything. so we can't get everything into the united nations. we'll have a lot of countries, france of course agree, turkey. the president is putting together a coalition of countries that support us. but we have the where with all to do it. other countries don't have the firepower we have. >> will the president's own congress agree with him to do it? >>...
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. >> he made a point and hopefully assad gets it, if he doesn't, it's going to hurt. rob: locked and loaded, the u.s. vowing all options are on the table if another chemical attack is carried in syria, brand-new sanctions that russia could be facing in this. >> i don't think he's medically unfit to be president. i think he's morally unfit to be president. jillian: ousted fbi director james comey comes out swinging, the interview everyone is talking about. rob: stars align as country music biggest names take sin city by storm. the politics-free night as carrie underwood makes powerful return, "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ jillian: look at the gorgeous rainy, windy, chilly monday morning here in new york city. [laughter] rob: new york, 50-mile an hour winds. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on monday, i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt, warnings of more air strikes to come if chemical attacks continued in syria. jillian: griff jenkins live in washington, d.c. following the latest, good morning, griff. >> good
. >> he made a point and hopefully assad gets it, if he doesn't, it's going to hurt. rob: locked and loaded, the u.s. vowing all options are on the table if another chemical attack is carried in syria, brand-new sanctions that russia could be facing in this. >> i don't think he's medically unfit to be president. i think he's morally unfit to be president. jillian: ousted fbi director james comey comes out swinging, the interview everyone is talking about. rob: stars align as country...
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the problem really lies in bashar al-assad's stand. he continues to blame awful his attacks on his own country coming from terrorism. >> reporter: well, he may have a point at some level in that sense, kelly. you have the rebels who are based there inside of syria, a number of them are hard-line islamists. th*epb you also have a jihadi group that is operating in the latest reports that we have from inside syria are saying that an al-qaida offshoot group has taken up a significant amount of the fight, so the thought that radical islam is behind many of these attacks and behind the syrian revolution is certainly one that holds a lot of water and it's one of the things that the united states and other western intelligence sources are so concerned about, is the fact that just because president bashar al-assad leaves office or is deposed in some way certainly does not mean syria turns into a democracy. you have a lot of people in there some that are more anti-western than president bashar al-assad ever was that will be vying for that power,
the problem really lies in bashar al-assad's stand. he continues to blame awful his attacks on his own country coming from terrorism. >> reporter: well, he may have a point at some level in that sense, kelly. you have the rebels who are based there inside of syria, a number of them are hard-line islamists. th*epb you also have a jihadi group that is operating in the latest reports that we have from inside syria are saying that an al-qaida offshoot group has taken up a significant amount...
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when they intervened it was at a point when the assad regime was teetering. the aloeweis in syria and the russians intervened when they thought the regime might not survive. he hasn't used a tremendous amount of force. they've used the force that has changed the balance of power on the ground at least as it relates to the regime and it probably adds to the potential for the partition of syria itself but here again what you see putin doing is making it clear that that regime is important to the russians and sending a message that those who think the russians understand, it does and it can change the balance of power that it makes it an arbiter of what's going to happen in syria. >> there's more questions that i have which would be how does the u.s. communicate with russia on this, specifically president putin, but unfortunately, ambassador ross, i'm out of time now. i ask you to come back and we can discuss that further later. yes? >> be happy to do it. >> thank you, sir. >> meanwhile, arthell, hillary and the e-mails. will we soon know what she told the fbi?
when they intervened it was at a point when the assad regime was teetering. the aloeweis in syria and the russians intervened when they thought the regime might not survive. he hasn't used a tremendous amount of force. they've used the force that has changed the balance of power on the ground at least as it relates to the regime and it probably adds to the potential for the partition of syria itself but here again what you see putin doing is making it clear that that regime is important to the...
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so as long as the interest is there to get assad out of power in a peaceful way, you should expect those communications to continue. abby: kevin corke in hawaii, thank you very much. gregg: so much for a white christmas. the east coast on track for what could become the warpest christmas eve on record. spring-like temperatures are affecting businesses that thrive on winter weather. rick leventhal live outside fox news head quarters in manhattan. how does it feel out there? >> windy, but it's not raining which is good news. it may look like christmas with all the decorations but it doesn't feel like it. we have a high of 70-71 which smashes the old record in 1973. 2,600 daily high record have been broken. during this bro torch heat wave why not go ice skating. some of them in coats and sweaters and some in t-shirts. it's decent weather to do your last-minute christmas shopping. 73 in d.c. today. 55 expected in st. louis. and 64 in pittsburgh. anyone hoping for a white christmas is pretty much out of luck on this side of the nation. >> there is almost no chance of a white christmas on the
so as long as the interest is there to get assad out of power in a peaceful way, you should expect those communications to continue. abby: kevin corke in hawaii, thank you very much. gregg: so much for a white christmas. the east coast on track for what could become the warpest christmas eve on record. spring-like temperatures are affecting businesses that thrive on winter weather. rick leventhal live outside fox news head quarters in manhattan. how does it feel out there? >> windy, but...
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russia has been said to keep assad from using chemical weapons. the president said russia has to change course. our relationship with russia is worse than its ever been and that includes the cold war. there's no reason for this. russia needs to help us with their economy, something that would be easy to do and we need all nations to work together. stop the arms race. a lot of saber rattling going on. ron johnson hoping the tough negotiation made avoid the need for military action. listen to what he said. >> the president takes the negotiating position into a number of things. i'm hoping this is a stronger negotiating position to get vladimir putin to think twice before he continues to do this. his second tweet is right. if russia were to behave better in the world, it would be better for the russian economy and the russian people. >> it's not clear how a military strike could be avoided. the president's posture at the moment leading to a strike. we don't know when it could happen but he cancelled his plans to travel to peru and columbia over the w
russia has been said to keep assad from using chemical weapons. the president said russia has to change course. our relationship with russia is worse than its ever been and that includes the cold war. there's no reason for this. russia needs to help us with their economy, something that would be easy to do and we need all nations to work together. stop the arms race. a lot of saber rattling going on. ron johnson hoping the tough negotiation made avoid the need for military action. listen to...
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both the tv channel and its newspaper which assad also spoke to have r. affiliated with the turkish labor party which opposes him. >> shepard: james rosen in washington tonight. plans to visit turkey this weekend to talk about the crisis in next door syria. that's the word from the state department. the two countries share a border of more than 500 miles. u.s. officials say turkey is a key partner in supporting the syrian opposition and planning for life after president bashar assad. we're 1315 days from the next presidential election. ugh. and former secretary of state hillary clinton gave us one more reason to speculate about a possible run for the white house. campaign carl cameron is in next. shoot. now with the share everything plan from verizon, connect your camera, along with your smartphone and tablet. all your devices connected by one simple plan on the powerful network. record video. connect more. so you can do more. the share everything plan from verizon. add additional devices like the samsung galaxy camera for $5 monthly access. >> shepard: f
both the tv channel and its newspaper which assad also spoke to have r. affiliated with the turkish labor party which opposes him. >> shepard: james rosen in washington tonight. plans to visit turkey this weekend to talk about the crisis in next door syria. that's the word from the state department. the two countries share a border of more than 500 miles. u.s. officials say turkey is a key partner in supporting the syrian opposition and planning for life after president bashar assad....
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like pouring gasoline on fire this is not against isis but on groups opposing syrian president bashar assad. it will be limited air strikes to only isis targets. officials appear to be caught off guard by the development of yesterday's air strikes including president obama himself who met with russian president vladmir putin earlier this week spending a great deal of time discussing syria. a russian strategy to back assad by force won't work. >> russia will not succeed in promoting a solution on syria. any more than united states opposes a solution in iraq a decade ago. certainly no more than russia was able to impose a military solution on afghanistan three decades ago. >> other nations are raising concerns as well. according to routers saudi arabia is demanding they stop until their objectives are clear. they met at the u.n. and agreed to have military to military deacon flikting discussion as soon as possible. those talks could take place as soon as today. heather? >> garrett tenney live for us. thank you, garrett. washington is kept in scramble mode. put ten is depending on president ob
like pouring gasoline on fire this is not against isis but on groups opposing syrian president bashar assad. it will be limited air strikes to only isis targets. officials appear to be caught off guard by the development of yesterday's air strikes including president obama himself who met with russian president vladmir putin earlier this week spending a great deal of time discussing syria. a russian strategy to back assad by force won't work. >> russia will not succeed in promoting a...
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that's what will degrade assad in iraq. >> and assad remains our enemy, gassed people to death. iran's best friend, shouldn't let him survive. >> still gassing them. >> the president's speech is getting mixed reviews on capitol hill. does he really need congress to move forward with his isis strategy? >> an f-16 is not a strategy. and air strikes alone will not accomplish what we're trying to accomplish. welllllllll, not when your travel rewards card makes it so hard to get a seat using your miles. that's their game. the flights you want are blacked out. or they ask for some ridiculous number of miles. honestly, it's time to switch to the venture card from capital one. with venture, use your miles on any airline, any flight, any time. no blackout dates. and with every purchase, you'll earn unlimited double miles. from now on, no one's taking your seat away. what's in your wallet? that's the way i look at life. looking for something better. from now on, no one's taking your seat away. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbe
that's what will degrade assad in iraq. >> and assad remains our enemy, gassed people to death. iran's best friend, shouldn't let him survive. >> still gassing them. >> the president's speech is getting mixed reviews on capitol hill. does he really need congress to move forward with his isis strategy? >> an f-16 is not a strategy. and air strikes alone will not accomplish what we're trying to accomplish. welllllllll, not when your travel rewards card makes it so hard to...
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let me read you what assad says. quote, what is for certain is that the western officials are lost, lack clarity of vision, and are feeling the failure of their plots towards syria. now the western governments are paying the price of their failed policy in syria because terrorism has been exploited to them as well as a huge influx of refugees. do you agree? how could we have prevented this? >> proving that even a stop clock is twice a day. i think assad understands that the president's confusion, his inability or unwillingness to act against assad over time coupled with his unwillingness to do anything effective about isis is what is creating this vacuum, this lack of outside influence that russia is now attempting to exploit. and not just in the syria/iraq context but i think more broadly across the middle east. so it's no wonder that assad and the russians are feeling up it these days because they've taken advantage of this vacuum and they are filling it. >> and finally, what should we do? no fly zones? hillary cli
let me read you what assad says. quote, what is for certain is that the western officials are lost, lack clarity of vision, and are feeling the failure of their plots towards syria. now the western governments are paying the price of their failed policy in syria because terrorism has been exploited to them as well as a huge influx of refugees. do you agree? how could we have prevented this? >> proving that even a stop clock is twice a day. i think assad understands that the president's...
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bashar al-assad, we need to send a message to his enablers. iran and russia. >> tomorrow come out the uss harry truman is heading to the mediterranean on a preschedule deployment, but that will now employ seven warships with hundreds of cruise missiles. the u.s. navy launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at syria after another chemical weapons attack. that shows that right now, there is even more firepower. >> martha: we know of at least three suspected chemical attacks in syria this year alone and others in the previous years prompting a lot of conversation about the what the obama admin church and did and did not do to stop the asaad regime. watch. >> the secretary release a statement on the remaining removal of chemical weapons in syria. all of the declared chemical weapons now are out of syria. >> martha: marie harf joins me now, she is the former state department spokesperson. marie, when you watch what has happened over the last several years, your thoughts on the assumption at that point that those chemical weapons have been cleared out
bashar al-assad, we need to send a message to his enablers. iran and russia. >> tomorrow come out the uss harry truman is heading to the mediterranean on a preschedule deployment, but that will now employ seven warships with hundreds of cruise missiles. the u.s. navy launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at syria after another chemical weapons attack. that shows that right now, there is even more firepower. >> martha: we know of at least three suspected chemical attacks in syria this...
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has two equal goals, to get rid of assad and to crush isis. we've been very clear assad should go. we haven't backed off that policy. we haven't done much there. we haven't done much in five years of bombing with 63 coalition members to defeat isis. our nato member turkey, their top priority is to get rid of assad. they'd like to get rid of isis, too, but top priority is to get rid of assad. russia, on the other hand, literally has one thing, they'd like to crush isis but they want to keep assad. there is a way here with u.s. leadership to bring our nato ally turkey and other nato members in to say to russia, we have to get rid of isis. >> right, right. that's the common denominator, though. because the common denominator is defeating isis. we can hash out what we do with assad later depending on where your allies are. and who your customers are. >> it will be dicey. it won't be that clear. but, yes, there's a chance with, u.s. leadership, to try to make it happen. >> what do you see, mers sdmees. >> keep your friends lowe's and enemies closer. when you think about russia, it -- it
has two equal goals, to get rid of assad and to crush isis. we've been very clear assad should go. we haven't backed off that policy. we haven't done much there. we haven't done much in five years of bombing with 63 coalition members to defeat isis. our nato member turkey, their top priority is to get rid of assad. they'd like to get rid of isis, too, but top priority is to get rid of assad. russia, on the other hand, literally has one thing, they'd like to crush isis but they want to keep...
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watching assad and his interview, what do you make of it? how is that playing out for his public and for the rest of the world, especially in the middle east region? >> you watch him speak. it's his father's words being repeated. he's learned pretty much all of his strategies from his father's regime and it's a different world than what his father lived in. he's trying to really mold the world to his view of it. jenna: let's say there's another attempt at diplomacy. he's made it clear that's not what he's interested in but let's say there's an opportunity for them. what would work? >> the key is to understand what really -- how his world works. there's economics and there's political viability. and if you get to the point where you have not just the united states, not just the west but he's come out from two other directions, russia and iran and he realizes that his options are limited. if he continues down the road, he'll be so isolated that he'll be powerless. jenna: let's talk briefly about opportunity. is syria an opportunity to really f
watching assad and his interview, what do you make of it? how is that playing out for his public and for the rest of the world, especially in the middle east region? >> you watch him speak. it's his father's words being repeated. he's learned pretty much all of his strategies from his father's regime and it's a different world than what his father lived in. he's trying to really mold the world to his view of it. jenna: let's say there's another attempt at diplomacy. he's made it clear...
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so i'm going to stick to that. >> why does putin like assad? what does assad do for putin? he's such a bad guy. make they just like their mutual badness. >> what is it in for putin to keep assad in office? >> he cares about russia's power. russia was cut down in size by the end of the cold war. he called the collapse of the soviet war the worst calamity in history. think about that. you have the iran-syria-hezbollah axis, which is rising in the middle east. the shiite presence with iraq as a junior partner where their clients are russia. this reinserts russia into the middle east in a very powerful position, supplanting the united states, which since 1970 when egypt flipped from a soviet ally to american ally, the region had been a place for -- you will see that if this goes unchecked and assad becomes dominant, iraq acquires nuke, they will completely dominate the arab middle east and russia will become the dominant power. >> you said iraq would acquire, you meant iran. >> i meant iran. >> i meant norman, you meant iran. see? even brilliant people can misspeak of day, as e
so i'm going to stick to that. >> why does putin like assad? what does assad do for putin? he's such a bad guy. make they just like their mutual badness. >> what is it in for putin to keep assad in office? >> he cares about russia's power. russia was cut down in size by the end of the cold war. he called the collapse of the soviet war the worst calamity in history. think about that. you have the iran-syria-hezbollah axis, which is rising in the middle east. the shiite presence...
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emphatically said last week that assad must go and there has to be a government of the opposition. everyone, every stakeholder knows that this has bought time for al qaeda to cement its influence there while assad continues to kill with a conventional arsenal, and then we, our own intelligence tells us that he likely has the capability to weaponize biological agents, which means this fake agreement for chemical weapons goes on while the insurgency comments and there's no way for the opposition to go. >> judge? >> when he said surprise, surprise, i thought he would get into, oh, the president has lied again. he has shown an incredible willingness and facility at lying. the clip you ran was from the state of the union address on tuesday night. it was less than 45 hours from this very moment. since that time, all the senior people in his administration have profoundly, directly, at least two of them under oath, defied what he said about syria is complying with this agreement. russia dominates the area, as charles said. the american people have no appetite, zero appetite for american m
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bill: at the moment though bashar al-assad is going nowhere. he's held on almost, you know, we are working on our third year on this conflict. pew did a survey among americans, the whole questions about boots 0 on the ground. they said 45% would favor the u.s. or it's allies taking military action against the syrian government. i don't know where you are specifically on that, but when you talk about setting up these safe zones, you can't do that unless you put people on the ground, can you? >> well, you don't have to put people on the ground to set up a safe zone, as senator mccain was talking about. this is to establish a political free zone and a place for displaced people to go, kind of like what benghazi was like during the libya intervention. and they don't have that right now. so that could be done up in the northwest part of syria. it could be protected with air power and also with the patriot batteries that we have in turkey, and certainly the rebels on the ground would protect it on the ground. that clearly is own option. but i think t
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assyrian president bish charrba al-assad already warned not to interfere there. >> former u.n. ambassador john bolton with a warning about isis and a look at the contrast between president obama and george w. bush. >> they are able to control the host which is the size of great britain. it was month ago it was mosul. we act it will take three years that's the president's plan to roll it back. people would have been outraged and that's what we need to he will be sending soming 3,000 military personnel to provide medical and logistical support. they will convert 500 million funds to help fight the deadly disease. >> i am lost come find me. the chilling last words from missing university student hannah graham. she sent it 1:20 saturday morning before the 18-year-old stran nished. this surveillance video of graham was released hours before she went missing. you can see her walking down the hallway at the camden plaza apartment complex where she lives in charlottesville. that was friday night. she then headed to a party with friends and she was drunk when she disappeared. they are s
assyrian president bish charrba al-assad already warned not to interfere there. >> former u.n. ambassador john bolton with a warning about isis and a look at the contrast between president obama and george w. bush. >> they are able to control the host which is the size of great britain. it was month ago it was mosul. we act it will take three years that's the president's plan to roll it back. people would have been outraged and that's what we need to he will be sending soming 3,000...
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the assad regime took them out with chemical weapons. he said the u.s. should do more now, not just one strike. not all syrians agree. enginemen hall has the story from turkey. >> it was watching videos of this horrific chemical attack which drove president trump to intervene. while speaking today people are divided up it is easy to understand what drove him. it was also an incredibly sobering moment. among the families we spoke to was abdul, he has become the face of the tragedy. he was reunited with family members who did survive, though he lost 22. he described some of the things he saw. >> as i entered the house, the whole family was dead. grown-ups, dead. family on top of each other. my wife, my children, my brother, his wife, their children, my nieces, all of them dead. after a few minutes, i fainted. >> among the dead, his 11 month old twins. he buried them in his wife with his own hands, but cannot bear to put them in the ground, gripping them till the bitter end. he spoke to us about the american strikes. >> i want to tell president trump, the f
the assad regime took them out with chemical weapons. he said the u.s. should do more now, not just one strike. not all syrians agree. enginemen hall has the story from turkey. >> it was watching videos of this horrific chemical attack which drove president trump to intervene. while speaking today people are divided up it is easy to understand what drove him. it was also an incredibly sobering moment. among the families we spoke to was abdul, he has become the face of the tragedy. he was...
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he's basically saying let assad stand. don't let anybody help overthrow assad. that has not been the position of most at least the conservatives or the nye yeocon certainly. >> so what is your, your suggestion? i mean i would agree with what's going on there. you have to let assad -- you can't arm the rebels, if you arm the rebels, the rebels have turned and hand over equipment and money and -- guns and ammo to isis. >> i agree with that, that's been my position from the very beginning. the position of a lot of conservatives has been that obama created this problem by not arming the rebels early enough. >> you know who disagrees with what you're saying, general jack keen, he's saying that one of the big problems is that putin's number one objective is not to wipe out isis, neither is it assad, and you get them together and they gang up with iran and iraq and you add in noik. we don't have the axis of evil, we have the half-globe of evil. there's a lot of people who say it makes sense to let them go in and wipe out isis, but that's not the choice. >> other point
he's basically saying let assad stand. don't let anybody help overthrow assad. that has not been the position of most at least the conservatives or the nye yeocon certainly. >> so what is your, your suggestion? i mean i would agree with what's going on there. you have to let assad -- you can't arm the rebels, if you arm the rebels, the rebels have turned and hand over equipment and money and -- guns and ammo to isis. >> i agree with that, that's been my position from the very...
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assad shown himself to be diabolical. we would have to really understand if we went to a situation like this -- i agree completely -- we have to go to congress first what we are getting ourselves in to. >> you arm factions, among the rebels with the turks pro-western and on our side. you won't give a blanket arming to anybody. it's that discrimination which could help the good guys among the rebels. in the end, inherit the power when the civil war is over. exactly what we did in libya. >> you know the two british were captured by a number. not a single one syrian. from africa and everywhere else. al-qaeda is in there strong. if you go in there you will have a civil war post assad. >> bret: okay. we'll follow this closely. next up, president obama and president clinton. similar patco osimpatico on tax? ♪ >>> by the way, florida, just like we tried their way, what i'm talking about, we tried too. all i'm asking is we go back to the rates that were paid by wealthy individuals under bill clinton. if you remember,hat is when
assad shown himself to be diabolical. we would have to really understand if we went to a situation like this -- i agree completely -- we have to go to congress first what we are getting ourselves in to. >> you arm factions, among the rebels with the turks pro-western and on our side. you won't give a blanket arming to anybody. it's that discrimination which could help the good guys among the rebels. in the end, inherit the power when the civil war is over. exactly what we did in libya....
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assad is almost a client of russia. russia has it's naval base in syria and so russians have been bad players and visit towing everything. so we can't get everything into the united nations. we'll have a lot of countries, france of course agree, turkey. the president is putting together a coalition of countries that support us. but we have the where with all to do it. other countries don't have the firepower we have. >> will the president's own congress agree with him to do it? >> that's a question. i hope so. i think it would be a shame. i do agree with the quote, i think it's clear to me that assad is iran's proxy in the region, that assad was losing the civil war until the terror organization marched into syria and turned the tide. we can sit back and do nothing, allow people to be gassed. the iranians are watching us. they will see what we're doing. when we say to iran we won't allow you to have a new clear weapon, iran will believe us or not based on what we do in syria. >> the video of the children being gassed is
assad is almost a client of russia. russia has it's naval base in syria and so russians have been bad players and visit towing everything. so we can't get everything into the united nations. we'll have a lot of countries, france of course agree, turkey. the president is putting together a coalition of countries that support us. but we have the where with all to do it. other countries don't have the firepower we have. >> will the president's own congress agree with him to do it? >>...
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one is our attempt to oust bashir assad, which resulted in a civil war that has assad's forces fighting a whole bunch of different uncoordinated, unconnected forces, some we hope are friendly to us. some we know are islamists. then there is the whole separate much of isis. so the complexity of what's going on over there is enormous. >> so then let's go to what we led with. if the u.s. is going to arm the seenian rebels with more sophisticated weapons, does that put us back at square one? how do you know who the bad guys really are? >> you know, this goes back to vetted rebels. you remember two years ago the c.i.a. had a $500 million program to come up with a bunch of vetted rebels and make them part of the moderate rebels that were going to fight against assad. that program was a total failure. at the end of the day, the entire program collapsed and in part because it took so long to find vetted rebels. so it's so ironic, you had that piece with amy kellogg. we're talk being syrians who fled syria, i'm sure we could find all the vetted rebels we need to up in europe. tens of thousands o
one is our attempt to oust bashir assad, which resulted in a civil war that has assad's forces fighting a whole bunch of different uncoordinated, unconnected forces, some we hope are friendly to us. some we know are islamists. then there is the whole separate much of isis. so the complexity of what's going on over there is enormous. >> so then let's go to what we led with. if the u.s. is going to arm the seenian rebels with more sophisticated weapons, does that put us back at square one?...
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the assad side. and there is isis. the russians are supporting assad. and we are essentially fighting isis. so by fighting isis in syria whom are we propping up? we are spending this money because we don't know what the mission is. what is the end game? the successful end game is the restoration of assad's regime? >> i would say this with regard to what you are asking. the free syrian army was something we had the possibility or the potential to get behind early on. this $500 million had isis as the enemy they would be fighting. but you are right. on the battlefield they might be tasked with doing both. >> julie is a hundred percent correct. when are we going to learn to stop met medling? assad is a thug, a dictator and a bad guy. but he is not a direct threat to the united states of america. if he goes, if he goes, isis fills that vacuum and exactly what happened in libya. our weapons ended up killing our own soldiers. this is why people dislike the united states of america. we have power but don't know how to use it. this is what happens. $500 million
the assad side. and there is isis. the russians are supporting assad. and we are essentially fighting isis. so by fighting isis in syria whom are we propping up? we are spending this money because we don't know what the mission is. what is the end game? the successful end game is the restoration of assad's regime? >> i would say this with regard to what you are asking. the free syrian army was something we had the possibility or the potential to get behind early on. this $500 million had...